Re: parameterized views?

After second thoughts a cursor is not what you are looking for i think

Sorry for the dead end

Darren

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Linn Kubler wrote:

> Hi Darran,
>
> Thanks for responding. I'm unfamiliar with a REFCURSOR, can you give me a
> brief explanation? Do you know where in the documetation I can find
> information about it?
>
> Thanks,
> Linn
>
> "Darren Ferguson" <darren(at)crystalballinc(dot)com> wrote in message
> news:Pine(dot)LNX(dot)4(dot)44(dot)0209031311330(dot)15154-100000(at)thread(dot)crystalballinc(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
> > Not sure if this is any help but you could try returning a REFCURSOR
> >
> > Again not sure but it may work
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Linn Kubler wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for responding Joe but, not exactly. I'm looking for something a
> > > little simpler, more like this:
> > >
> > > create view myview as
> > > select f1, f2, f3 from mytable where f3 = $1;
> > >
> > > And then be able to call the view passing it a parameter somehow.
> Possibly
> > > like:
> > >
> > > select * from myview where f3 = 15; (where 15 would replace $1)
> > >
> > > Something like that. Returning sets from a function looks promising
> but,
> > > 7.3 seems like it's a long way off if it's just going to beta now.
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > > Linn
> > >
> > > "Joe Conway" <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> wrote in message
> > > news:3D743B44(dot)2080601(at)joeconway(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
> > > > Linn Kubler wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to have parameterized views? Guess I'm thinking of
> > > > > something like a posiitonal parameter in a view. If it is possible
> I'd
> > > > > sure appreciate an example.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > In 7.3 (starting beta this week) you can return sets (rows and
> columns)
> > > > from table functions. For example:
> > > >
> > > > test=# create table foo(f1 int, f2 text, f3 text[], primary key
> (f1,f2));
> > > > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
> > > > 'foo_pkey' for table 'foo'
> > > > CREATE TABLE
> > > > test=# insert into foo values(0,'a','{"a0","b0","c0"}');
> > > > INSERT 664851 1
> > > > test=# insert into foo values(1,'b','{"a1","b1","c1"}');
> > > > INSERT 664852 1
> > > > test=# insert into foo values(2,'c','{"a2","b2","c2"}');
> > > > INSERT 664853 1
> > > > test=# create or replace function get_foo(int) returns setof foo as
> > > > 'select * from foo where f1 > $1' language sql;
> > > > CREATE FUNCTION
> > > > test=# select * from get_foo(0);
> > > > f1 | f2 | f3
> > > > ----+----+------------
> > > > 1 | b | {a1,b1,c1}
> > > > 2 | c | {a2,b2,c2}
> > > > (2 rows)
> > > >
> > > > Is this what you're looking for?
> > > >
> > > > HTH,
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > >
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